diff --git a/src/builder-git.c b/src/builder-git.c
index 46c39fca..a77000bd 100644
--- a/src/builder-git.c
+++ b/src/builder-git.c
@@ -821,44 +821,6 @@ git_extract_submodule (const char     *repo_location,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-gboolean
-builder_git_checkout_dir (const char     *repo_location,
-                          const char     *branch,
-                          const char     *dir,
-                          GFile          *dest,
-                          BuilderContext *context,
-                          GError        **error)
-{
-  g_autoptr(GFile) mirror_dir = NULL;
-  g_autofree char *mirror_dir_path = NULL;
-  g_autofree char *dest_path = NULL;
-  g_autofree char *dest_path_git = NULL;
-
-  mirror_dir = git_get_mirror_dir (repo_location, context);
-
-  mirror_dir_path = g_file_get_path (mirror_dir);
-  dest_path = g_file_get_path (dest);
-  dest_path_git = g_build_filename (dest_path, ".git", NULL);
-
-  g_mkdir_with_parents (dest_path, 0755);
-
-  if (!cp (error,
-           "-al",
-           mirror_dir_path, dest_path_git, NULL))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  /* Then we need to convert to regular */
-  if (!git (dest, NULL, 0, error,
-            "config", "--bool", "core.bare", "false", NULL))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  if (!git (dest, NULL, 0, error,
-            "checkout", branch, "--", dir ? dir : ".", NULL))
-    return FALSE;
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
 gboolean
 builder_git_checkout (const char     *repo_location,
                       const char     *branch,
diff --git a/src/builder-git.h b/src/builder-git.h
index 94db6ca6..1ae43703 100644
--- a/src/builder-git.h
+++ b/src/builder-git.h
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ gboolean builder_git_checkout           (const char      *repo_location,
                                          GFile           *dest,
                                          BuilderContext  *context,
                                          GError         **error);
-gboolean builder_git_checkout_dir       (const char      *repo_location,
-                                         const char      *branch,
-                                         const char      *dir,
-                                         GFile           *dest,
-                                         BuilderContext  *context,
-                                         GError         **error);
 gboolean builder_git_shallow_mirror_ref (const char     *repo_location,
                                          const char     *destination_path,
                                          const char     *ref,